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Think for a second about postseason heroes in Orioles history. Once you move past the Brooks Robinsons, Frank Robinsons, and Rick Dempseys of franchise lore, there’s another pantheon reserved for guys who will never end up in the club’s Hall of Fame, but provided a moment of excellence in October so crucial, so memorable that they should never ever have to buy a beer in town again. Move over Moe Drabowsky, Tito Landrum and Jeff Reboulet. Delmon Young has just joined your ranks. With a pinch-hit, three-run double in the bottom of the eighth in the Orioles’ 7-6 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Friday afternoon, Young put his club ahead, 2-0, in the best-of-five...

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Think for a second about postseason heroes in Orioles history.
Once you move past the Brooks Robinsons, Frank Robinsons, and Rick Dempseys of franchise lore, there’s another pantheon reserved for guys who will never end up in the club’s Hall of Fame, but...

When the Orioles signed Nelson Cruz to a club-friendly one-year, $8 million deal in February, executive vice president Dan Duquette was quick to point out Cruz's postseason accomplishments.
And while the Orioles have reaped a huge payoff from their...

Breaking down the American League Division Series matchup between the Orioles and Tigers, which begins Thursday at Camden Yards:
How they got here
Tigers: They had to scratch and claw to win their fourth straight American League Central title. The...

There's no secret: America's favorite past time is made even more past time-y with a cold beer (or two).
In that spirit, we're offering a drinking game as you watch the Orioles start their momentous post-season run. This game can work for the Detroit...

DETROIT -- Buck Showalter has played postseason chess several times before, and like most participants as confident as he is, he has lost more times than not.
But in the Orioles’ triumphant American League Division Series sweep of the Detroit Tigers, the...

Baltimore Sun reporters, columnists and editors share their immediate reaction to Game 1 of the American League Division Series between the Orioles and the Detroit Tigers at Camden Yards.
Dan Connolly, reporter: Thursday’s 12-3 Orioles victory was...

The Orioles will only have two lefties in their bullpen for the American League Division Series that starts tonight at 5:37 p.m. against the Detroit Tigers, and Ubaldo Jimenez is a surprise addition to the roster.
The Tigers don’t have many left-handed...

Max Scherzer and the Detroit Tigers are in a 1-0 hole to the Orioles in the American League Division Series partly because the 2013 Cy Young Award winner spent the first two innings trying to avoid one on the mound.
Scherzer and Orioles starter Chris...

I’m Irish Catholic, so I’m familiar with the green beer concept. Not a fan, honestly, but I’m OK with it.
I’m just not willing to introduce orange beer to the bar here -- not yet anyway. I’ll give you an orange slice in your Blue Moon and that will...

A day after the Detroit Tigers bullpen imploded in Game 1, the same cast of relievers was again responsible for an eighth-inning meltdown that sent the Orioles on the road with a 7-6 win and a 2-0 lead in the American League Division Series.
"It's...

National anthem: Soprano Chelsea Buyalos provided the second straight operatic anthem of the postseason.
Ceremonial first pitch: Orioles vice president of baseball operations Brady Anderson, an American League Division Series hero in his playing...

As he transitioned back into a relief role for the American League Division Series, Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman said he was ready for whatever role manager Buck Showalter had in store for him.
Gausman was called to make his postseason debut in...

Sorry, Oriole Magic fans, there was nothing supernatural about the way the club ran away from the rest of the American League East this year, even if it does defy logical explanation.
They clinched the division title in surprisingly short order with...

The Detroit Tigers have announced their rotation for the first four games of the American League Division Series against the Orioles that begins Thursday at Camden Yards.
They’ll use 2013 AL Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer on Thursday, 2011 AL Cy...

When Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette introduced Nelson Cruz to the media back in February, he was quick to point out the slugger’s postseason accolades.
There’s no doubt the Orioles have gotten their money’s worth in their one-year, $8...

A five-run offensive explosion in the ninth inning Saturday that made a nail-biter out of a blowout didn’t mask the most pertinent question surrounding the 2014 Orioles:Will the starting pitching do enough to keep them in contention throughout the...

Third baseman Manny Machado, who is recovering from left knee surgery in October, was scheduled for another “functional day” of working out Sunday in Sarasota, Fla., meaning he is doing most baseball activities, including jogging.
He went through the...

DETROIT -- Orioles manager Buck Showalter said during spring training that left fielder David Lough could be eased, at some point, into the leadoff role against right-handers.
Six games into the season, Lough has started four times and batted first twice...

There probably have been five times in the past 20 months or so that I've written a game story about Chris Tillman's continued emergence/maturation as a pitcher.
Several times I've written about whether he is – or is at least on his way to becoming...